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Old 03-12-2011, 17:08
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Today, Celine would blow Mariah off the stage. Mariah has lost that once golden voice, her last few performances have been quite frankly embarrassing. Celine on the other hand is still incredible and has looked after her voice so well that she can sing exactly like she did all them years ago. Anyone agree?
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Old 03-12-2011, 17:15
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Heck no.
Mariah still has it
How could you say that?
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Old 03-12-2011, 17:19
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I agree with the OP. I've always thought Celine has had a bad press for being unfashionable, marrying an old codger etc... but she's got an amazing voice and is still damn gorgeous.

Carey, on the other hand, has done a few decent pop songs, but for the most part she just seems like a white woman desperate for an "urban" audience.
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Old 03-12-2011, 17:19
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Today, Celine would blow Mariah off the stage. Mariah has lost that once golden voice, her last few performances have been quite frankly embarrassing. Celine on the other hand is still incredible and has looked after her voice so well that she can sing exactly like she did all them years ago. Anyone agree?
of course. too much whistling for mariah. i don't think it was all by choice. her vocal stylings were loved by columbia 1990-1995. but you can't do it all the time. and that rules out touring. i actually think whilst mariah could whistle, she couldn't do it all the time with ease. she had to really focus, look at the videos of her doing it, she has to really really focus (most of the time). also if she's really an alto (as she says), she's singing out of her natural range, she can sing all the way up there but its tiring. and like whitney, OTT singing takes its toll (+other things such as drugs, booze, tobacco).
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Old 03-12-2011, 17:20
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I agree with the OP. I've always thought Celine has had a bad press for being unfashionable, marrying an old codger etc... but she's got an amazing voice and is still damn gorgeous.

Carey, on the other hand, has done a few decent pop songs, but for the most part she just seems like a white woman desperate for an "urban" audience.
not really. its what she grew up on. she always wanted to create albums like daydream, e=mc2, but columbia wouldn't let her. have a read on it, her first husband was quite controlling.
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Old 03-12-2011, 17:24
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not really. its what she grew up on. she always wanted to create albums like daydream, e=mc2, but columbia wouldn't let her. have a read on it, her first husband was quite controlling.
Yes I do recall hearing about her ex-husband. I don't think Carey is terrible by any stretch, but she does very little for me, whereas Celine is a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine and it's a shame she hasn't had any proper success over here in so long.
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Old 03-12-2011, 17:25
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Heck no.
Mariah still has it
How could you say that?
on her good days.
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Old 03-12-2011, 17:25
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Yes I do recall hearing about her ex-husband. I don't think Carey is terrible by any stretch, but she does very little for me, whereas Celine is a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine and it's a shame she hasn't had any proper success over here in so long.
oh i get you
yes, its been a while.
great singer though.
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Old 03-12-2011, 17:29
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oh i get you
yes, its been a while.
great singer though.
What's it been since Celine last had a high-charting single in the UK, about a decade??

Still, presumably she still has major success in Canada, the US (and France?) so perhaps we're not such an important market for her and her label anymore?
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Old 03-12-2011, 17:32
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Love her or hate her, Celine rarely puts on a bad show in terms of vocal performance. Mariah has never been a big touring act since her voice is fragile and needs taking care of, or so she says. It's definitely not what it used to be but she can still sing far better than a lot of acts out there.
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Old 03-12-2011, 17:43
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Love her or hate her, Celine rarely puts on a bad show in terms of vocal performance. Mariah has never been a big touring act since her voice is fragile and needs taking care of, or so she says. It's definitely not what it used to be but she can still sing far better than a lot of acts out there.
similar with leona lewis. she didn't tour a lot and had gaps in between the majority of dates for rest. she takes her vocal health really seriously. (as she should of course).
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Old 03-12-2011, 18:01
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I agree with the OP. I've always thought Celine has had a bad press for being unfashionable, marrying an old codger etc... but she's got an amazing voice and is still damn gorgeous.

Carey, on the other hand, has done a few decent pop songs, but for the most part she just seems like a white woman desperate for an "urban" audience.
But she isn't a 'white ' woman. Prehaps you should do some research before you make statments like these.

Anyhow, Celine's voice may well be in better shape than Mariah's these days but considering that she mimes in most of her live performances, I really couldn't say. In their primes, Mariah and Whitney were both better than Celine imo.
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Old 03-12-2011, 18:09
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But she isn't a 'white ' woman. Prehaps you should do some research before you make statments like these.

Anyhow, Celine's voice may well be in better shape than Mariah's these days but considering that she mimes in most of her live performances, I really couldn't say. In their primes, Mariah and Whitney were both better than Celine imo.
i was going to post this about her ethic origin and indeed a little research would have been wise.

surely, celine doesn't mime in vegas? i happened to think they were all incredible performers in their prime.
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Old 03-12-2011, 18:27
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Yes fair enough, I wasn't aware of her father's ethnic origin, apologies for the mistake.
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Old 03-12-2011, 18:32
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Old 03-12-2011, 18:33
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Overall Celine has probably been the more powerful and better vocalist i love both and prefer mariahs voice but Celine is the better singer but in the same breath Mariah in my opinion is better than whitney
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Old 03-12-2011, 18:38
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Mariah Is The Best! Stop Hatin'!
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Old 03-12-2011, 18:39
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Celine is still rocking and very much looks after her voice which I have seen myself in past documentaries on her. Her voice is as amazing as her Golden days of her career. She is also a better performer by connecting with the audience. Mariah doesn't. Mariah is more of a singer than she is a performer.
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Old 03-12-2011, 20:21
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The fact you even made this thread shows your insecurity. No one talks about Celine these days so you resort to using Mariah's name to get people talking.

Mariah has always and forever will be a better singer than Celine.
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Old 03-12-2011, 21:13
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The fact you even made this thread shows your insecurity. No one talks about Celine these days so you resort to using Mariah's name to get people talking.

Mariah has always and forever will be a better singer than Celine.
I'm fans of both and FYI Celine is back performing in Vegas whilst Mariah is re-releasing/collaborating/recyling the same xmas song just with justin beiber and in fairness Celine has much more powerful vocals listen to a song like think twice and then without you no comparision really.
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Old 03-12-2011, 21:24
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I'm fans of both and FYI Celine is back performing in Vegas whilst Mariah is re-releasing/collaborating/recyling the same xmas song just with justin beiber and in fairness Celine has much more powerful vocals listen to a song like think twice and then without you no comparison really.
Maybe if you listened to Mariah's first to albums you might reconsider how powerful Mariah's voice is. Mariah's just had twins, she is just trying to keep up her publicity before she returns with new music next year. Anyhow Mariah has been far more succesful than Celine in the last 5 Years.
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Old 03-12-2011, 21:27
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I prefer Mariah. The only Celine song I know is the Titanic one.
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Old 03-12-2011, 21:28
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i was going to post this about her ethic origin and indeed a little research would have been wise.

surely, celine doesn't mime in vegas? i happened to think they were all incredible performers in their prime.
Celine mimes about a third of her Vegas show, including all the songs people go to hear.

But who gives a ****, it's kept her voice in incredible shape and she can give her all on the rest.
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Old 03-12-2011, 21:48
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I'm fans of both and FYI Celine is back performing in Vegas whilst Mariah is re-releasing/collaborating/recyling the same xmas song just with justin beiber and in fairness Celine has much more powerful vocals listen to a song like think twice and then without you no comparision really.
Celine is back in Vegas lipsyncing - good for her but like I said no one talks about her. I don't see any Mariah fans making threads such as "Mariah is more sucessfull than xyz" or "Mariah is a better singer than xyz".

AIWFCIY will most likely perform decently on the charts which is more than any recent Celine single has done lol.

You prefer power, good for you but I prefer tone and imo Celine has one of the worst tones I've ever head. But Mariah has plenty of songs were she has sung with powerful vocals. They both shouldn't even be compared though anyways, as they are very different singers with their on style.

If people want to talk about Celine make an appreciation thread.
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Old 03-12-2011, 22:08
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Celine is back in Vegas lipsyncing - good for her but like I said no one talks about her. I don't see any Mariah fans making threads such as "Mariah is more sucessfull than xyz" or "Mariah is a better singer than xyz".

AIWFCIY will most likely perform decently on the charts which is more than any recent Celine single has done lol.

You prefer power, good for you but I prefer tone and imo Celine has one of the worst tones I've ever head. But Mariah has plenty of songs were she has sung with powerful vocals. They both shouldn't even be compared though anyways, as they are very different singers with their on style.

If people want to talk about Celine make an appreciation thread.
Lipsyncing i dont think so , and after god knows how many years that awful tone and power is still intact and good and the thread was basically asking who's voice has survived better and of course their going to be comapred seei8ng as they are both divas and you cannot deny that on more recent albums Mariah's voice is weaker than on her earlier albums its a simple fact
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